Environmental Legacy Project –
If not now, when?
The Battle River Community Foundation, with the financial support from
the J .W. McConnell Family Foundation, has created an Environmental
Initiative to support projects that protect and restore the
environment of the Battle River Area.
The Community Environmental Initiative has three main
parts.
1. Creating an Environmental Endowment – ensuring there is ongoing and
lasting support for programs that enhance the environmental quality of
life in the local area.
2. Capacity Building – working with and developing community leaders
who are knowledgeable about environmental issues.
3. Providing Environmental Grants. The Battle River Community
Foundation will support environmental projects as part of its annual
granting process. The first project under the initiative in 2003 was
to sponsor a water conference which offered information to key
stakeholders across the region. A more recent project provided
financial assistance for a riparian assessment of the Battle River
downstream from Dried Meat Lake. This project fostered involvement and
cooperation between the Counties of Flagstaff, Paintearth and Camrose.
We have waited and watched long enough.
About David Samm
David Samm is contracted by the Battle River Community Foundation to
guide the Environmental Legacy project. David is an agronomist who has
worked with Alberta Agriculture and, for the past several years,
operated an independent consulting business.
David has lived in the Camrose area for many years and has a strong
interest in preserving the region’s rich agriculture-friendly
environment.
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